Join the company that’s building the telemetry infrastructure for the AI era. At Cribl, we partner with IT and Security teams at many of the world’s biggest enterprises, including half of the Fortune 100, to bridge the gap between AI ambition and infrastructure reality. As the AI Platform for Telemetry, we give customers the choice, control, and flexibility to manage and analyze telemetry for both humans and agents, so they can build what’s next.
We’re one of the fastest‑growing private companies and a leading player in a massive, fast‑moving market. With a global workforce, we’re remote‑first and grounded in a simple idea: software is a people business. Cribl is the place where curious, collaborative people can do their best work, grow fast, and bring their full selves to the herd.
Why You’ll Love This Role
As our People Systems Lead, you will act as the product manager of our global People technology ecosystem. You aren't just a Workday expert; you are a systems thinker who understands how data flows from a candidate’s first click in Greenhouse to their performance review in Lattice. You will bridge the gap between our People, Finance, and IT teams, ensuring our tools are scalable, secure, and — most importantly — easy for our employees to use.
As An Active Member Of Our Team, You Will...
- Help lead the configuration and administration of our primary "source of truth" (Workday) while ensuring seamless syncs with Greenhouse (ATS), Lattice (Performance), Checkr (Background), and Slack.
- Operate with a product management philosophy with clear ownership, project timelines, governance, and release/upgrade discipline across tools. This includes conducting regular user interviews to find pain points, leading system syncs cross-functionally to ensure alignment, and focusing on end user enablement to drive adoption rates.
- Design and optimize workflows that reduce escalation, increase self service/autonomy, and allow the People team to scale without relying on heroics or brute force.
- Manage the Jira service management queue for People Systems. You’ll triage complex issues, identify root causes, and provide high-touch support to our global workforce.
- Partner with IT to build and monitor integrations (EIBs, Studio, or iPaaS tools) that keep data moving accurately between systems, preventing data silos.
- You’ll ensure our data is audit-ready and provides the leadership team with the insights they need to make people-first decisions.
- Act as a guardian of employee data. You will manage security groups, conduct regular access audits, and ensure we stay compliant with global data privacy standards (GDPR, SOC2).
- Lead the rollout of new features across the People stack. You’ll keep our SOPs and "How-To" guides updated so the team is always getting the most out of our tools
- We are a remote-first company and work happens across many time-zones – you may be required to occasionally perform duties outside your standard working hours
If You’ve Got It - We Want It
- 5+ years of hands-on experience in People Systems/HRIS, with at least 3 years of deep configuration experience in Workday (HCM, Payroll, Benefits, and Security).
- Proven experience to own a project from "we have a problem" to "we launched the solution." You are comfortable driving multiple streams of work, end-user enablement, and setting the standard for documentation.
- Demonstrated ability to think and act like a product manager - rather than just fixing bugs, you treat the People technology stack like a product.
- Practical experience administering tools that handle Talent Acquisition, Performance/Engagement, and Tier 1-3 Ticketing.
- Experience with EIBs, REST/SOAP APIs, and iPaaS tools in order to understand how to troubleshoot integration failures.
- Experience with data architecture and an understanding of how data fields connect across platforms to ensure high data integrity.
- Ability to translate complex technical requirements into language that can resonate with a variety of users (recruiters, executives, etc.).
- We are a remote-first company and work happens across many time-zones - you may be required to occasionally perform duties outside your standard working hours.
- Nice to Have
- Workday Pro Certifications (Core HCM, Security, Advanced Compensation, Reporting)
- Experience with Workday Extend and/or Prism Analytics
- Familiarity with Slack integrations/Workflow Builder
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The salary for this role is dependent on geographic location and will be based on the individual candidate's job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
In addition to base salary, for sales and some sales-adjacent roles, employees are eligible to earn incentive compensation (commission). For all other roles, employees are eligible to participate in the Cribl Corporate Bonus Program.
In addition to a competitive salary, Cribl also offers a generous benefits package which includes health, dental, vision, short-term disability, and life insurance, paid holidays and paid time off, a fertility treatment benefit, 401(k), and equity.
Bring Your Whole Self
Diversity drives innovation, enables better decisions to support our customers, and inspires change for the better. We’re building a culture where differences are valued and welcomed, and we work together to bring out the best in each other. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics in the location in which the candidate is applying.
Interested in joining the Cribl herd? Learn more about the smartest, funniest, most passionate goats you’ll ever meet at cribl.io/about-us.
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Although Cribl is headquartered in San Francisco, we support a remote-first and distributed workforce. We believe great work can happen anywhere!
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